AT&T Bringing LTE to New York City “Very Soon”
On Sunday AT&T will light up their 4G LTE service in four new cities — Boston, Baltimore, Washington D.C., and Athens, GA — but a major market still remains absent from the list. New York City seems like an obvious choice for the initial rollout of a next-gen network, but as we’ve seen in the past with Sprint’s WiMAX and Verizon’s own LTE service, the size and nature of the city with its heaven-reaching skyscrapers typically keeps the Big Apple out of the equation. But for New Yorkers planning to pick up the HTC Vivid or Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket when they launch this weekend, there is hope.
Speaking at Mashable’s Media Summit, Larry Solomon of AT&T said LTE will come to NYC “very soon.” The carrier [;ans to have LTE up and running in 15 major markets by the end of the year servicing 70 million people. Unlike their competitors, AT&T for the moment will offer their 4G data service at no additional cost to what current subscribers pay.
[via Mashable]